John Knight wrote in message ...
>>"You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to
the poor
>or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your
neighbor",
>Leviticus 19:15
"In righteousness" - in-Truth - Truth is that every 'poor' person
I've ever come across, except folks suffering disease conditions, was
'poor' because of stuff with respect to which she/he was Innocent.
"Righteousness" is telling-it-as-it-is with respect to such.
>"You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small
as well
>as the great; you shall not be afraid in any man's presence, for the
>judgment is God's", Deuteronomy 1:17
Even if he's a bafoon.
>"...we command you, brethren, on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,
that ye
>withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and
not
>after the tradition which he received of us", 2 Thessalonians 3:6
But, "First, remove the log from your own eye [...]"
>"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what
fellowship
>hath righteousness with unrighteousness?" 2 Corinthians 6:14
"Love your enemies."
"Do good to those who persecute you"
"Turn the other cheek."
"Go the extra mile."
~"Give 'em your shirt, too."
Clearly, you've 'selected' incompletely, eh John?
k. p. collins
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